San Quentin News

Written By Incarcerated - Advancing Social Justice

  • Home
  • Espanol Home
  • Image Gallery
  • Back Issues
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Donate / Subscribe
  • Wall City

The Body Keeps the Score

January 18, 2022 by Steve Brooks

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma  By Bessel van der Kolk  “The Body Keeps the Score” was written by Dr. Bessel van der … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Book/Movie Reviews, Book/Movie Reviews, Mental Health, Recently Posted Tagged With: book review, Mental Health, trauma

GTL tablets begin a slow rollout

January 16, 2022 by Steve Brooks

California prisoners are receiving free Global Tel Link (GTL) Connect Network tablets designed to help them communicate with the outside … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Featured, Most Read, Recently Posted Tagged With: Education, GTL, tablets

Compassion Prison Project takes aim at prisoner trauma

January 10, 2022 by Steve Brooks

 Group promotes safer society by treating root causes of incarceration  Compassion Prison Project (CPP) founder Fritzi Horstman and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Mental Health, Prison Programs, Recently Posted Tagged With: Compassion Prison Project, Mental Health, Prison Programs

No More Tears grads embrace accountability, heal history of violence

December 31, 2021 by Steve Brooks

A group of men learned how to abandon their history of violence in an intensive workshop in San Quentin Prison. “It’s been a long journey but we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Prison Programs Tagged With: No More Tears, Prison Programs

1000 Mile Club hosts six-mile race

December 28, 2021 by Steve Brooks

Jonathan Chiu running behind Eddie Herena

The 1000 Mile Club runners once again leaned into the starting line on the first Friday of October for a six-mile race.  J. Strange did not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Sports, SQ News Tagged With: 1000 Mile Club, sports at SQ

CSU-LA graduates more than two dozen incarcerated students at Lancaster prison

December 26, 2021 by Steve Brooks

For the first time in California history, a group of incarcerated men received their Bachelor of Arts degrees from a California University during a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Featured, Recently Posted Tagged With: Education

Ifá community losing respected leader

December 22, 2021 by Steve Brooks

Dr. Noel Amherd will soon be moving out of the Bay Area after eight years of being the spiritual leader for members of the Ifá (pronounced e-fa) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prison Programs, Profiles, Recently Posted Tagged With: Prison Programs

Honoring incarcerated Veterans

November 30, 2021 by Steve Brooks

Costly mistakes have landed an estimated 107,400 veterans in prison, according to a 2021 report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. But many say they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Veterans Tagged With: VETERANS

Pizza makes it all better?

November 27, 2021 by Steve Brooks

Satire / Humor - Talk about a morale booster! If you almost died during the coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin State Prison, you may be entitled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Editorial Tagged With: cdcr, COVID-19, Humor

Arkansas jail under investigation for using anti-parasitic to treat COVID

October 30, 2021 by Steve Brooks

Person holding covid sign

An Arkansas jail is under investigation by the state Medical Board for giving its prisoners an anti-parasite drug to treat COVID-19, The Associated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Legal Tagged With: COVID-19, legal

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »

Video

Made With Love At San Quentin State Prison The Last Mile Logo

  • Home
  • Espanol Home
  • Image Gallery
  • Back Issues
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Donate / Subscribe
  • Wall City

  • Featured
  • Recently Posted
  • Arts
  • Death Penalty
  • Education
  • Espanol
  • Legal
  • Most Read
  • Sports